Importance of tuberculosis control to address child survival

Affiliations

¹ Centre for International Child Health, University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France. Electronic address: steve.graham@rch.org.au.
² Global TB Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
³ US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
⁴ Sydney Emerging Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity Institute (SEIB) and The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
⁵ International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France.
⁶ Institute for International Programs, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Stephen M Graham et al. Lancet. 2014.

. 2014 May 3;383(9928):1605-7.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60420-7. Epub 2014 Mar 24.

¹ Centre for International Child Health, University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France. Electronic address: steve.graham@rch.org.au.
² Global TB Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
³ US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
⁴ Sydney Emerging Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity Institute (SEIB) and The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
⁵ International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France.
⁶ Institute for International Programs, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.

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